U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer said that President Trump's diplomacy had brought "us closer than ever before" to ending the war in Ukraine. The British leader also praised "the openness" of the U.S.

Donald Trump's public dismissal of previous European calls for a ceasefire - after his tete-a-tete with Vladimir Putin - has only highlighted divisions. But Sir Keir Starmer and his allies have no choice but to keep their criticism of the Alaskan summit implicit,

The US president says he held a "very friendly" call with Zelensky and other European leaders ahead of a summit with Putin on Friday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin praised U.S. President Donald Trump’s efforts to end the war in Ukraine, more than three years after Moscow launched its invasion, as the two leaders prepared for a pivotal U.